India, Nov. 23 -- There's a reason why Travis Head is known as a 'headache' in India. The left-handed batter has a knack for raising his game when the odds are stacked heavily against Australia, and who knows this fact better than India? The ODI World Cup 2023 and the World Test Championship (WTC) final in the same year saw Head smashing the Indian bowlers around, propelling Pat Cummins' team to famous victories. However, the 31-year-old arguably played the best innings of his life in the recent first Ashes Test against England at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

Head smashed 123 runs in the final innings, and the knock was all the more special considering it came when Australia had to chase 205 on a spicy and bouncy Perth track. The left-han...